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N0.6I8,744. Patented lan. 3|, |899. J. A. SMITH.

LABD PRESS, &c. (Application med' ma. 2e, 189s.)

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(No Model.)

No. 6|8,744. Patented 1an. 3|, |899.

J. A. SMITH.

LARD PRESS, &c.

(Application Bled Mar. 2B, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Clarion.

JAMES A. SMITH, OF NET BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LANDERS,

FRARY t CLARK,

OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,744, dated January31, 1899.

Application filed March 2 6, 1 8 9 8.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, J AMES A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ot'Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLard-Presses and Sausage-Fillers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in lard-presses and sausage-iillersand analogous machines; and the objects of my improvements aresimplicity and economy in construction and convenience and efficiency inuse.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation ofmy machine, the upper end of the screw represented as being broken off.Fig. 2 is a plan view with the cylinder swung around outside of theframe in a position for lling. Fig. 3 is a detached plan view of theswinging cylinder-base. Fig. 4 is a detached reverse plan of thecylinder. Fig. 5 is a detached side elevation of thelower portion ofsaid cylinder. Fig. G is a detached view showing the inner end of thesausagefiller spout and its holding-sleevaand Fig. 7 is a sectional sideelevation of the same.

The frame of my press is composed of the screw and piston carrying headA, posts 8 8, and base B, provided with suitable feet 9,by means ofwhich it may be secured firmly on any suitable bench or platform. Theseparts are permanently and immovably secured together for the ordinaryuses of the machine; but I prefer to connect them by means of ordinaryscrew-threads, so that the frame may be taken apart should occasionrequire. The head A is provided with the ordinary screw 10, piston 11,nut l2, with bevel-whee113 made rigid therewith, the bevel-wheel 14, andcrank 15 for operating the screw and piston in the ordinary manner ofsimilar presses. The top of the base is flat. Upon one of the rods orposts S (the left-hand one as shown) I pivot or hinge the swingingcylinder-base 16 for the cylinder C, the said post passing through ahole in the lug 17 of said swinging base. This swinging base is providedat its front and -rear with depressions 18 to receive the dischargenib19 of the cylinder C and also with dowel- Serial No. 675,227. (Nomodel.)

sockets 20, Fig. 3, to receive the dowel-pins 21 of said cylinder.Diametrically opposite the hinge-lug 17 of the swinging base is acombined bracket hook and handle 22, and secured thereto is aspring-catch 23 for engaging one of the posts S to retain the swingingbase in its proper position under the piston 11. The cylinder C isplaced on the swinging base with its discharge-nib 19 received in one orthe other of the depressions 18 of said base and with the dowel-pins inthe dowel-sockets to properly seat and hold the cylinder on the saidswinging base. Said discharge-nib 19 may have its under side extendpartly across the bottom of the cylinder in the form of an open trough.

W'hen the machine is to be used as a lardpress, wine-press, or the like,a strainer 24 is placed in the bottom of the cylinder, and on the top ofthis strainer 24 is a cylindrical strainer 25 of any ordinaryconstruction. The piston is small enough to work inside the cylindricalstrainer. When used as a sausageller, the strainers 21 and 25 areremoved,and, if desired, a larger-sized piston may be placed on thescrew. A filler spout or tube 20, Figs. 6 and 7, is secured on the endof the nib 19 by means of the holding-sleeve 27, which is secured tosaid nib by means of engaging lugs 28 and 29 of ordinary constructionfor analogous devices.

By my improvements the cylinder is readily removable for cleaning orother purpose. When in place on the swinging cylinder-base, if thepiston is elevated the cylinder and base may be swung into the positionshown in Fig. 2 for'iilling by merely pulling on the combinedbracket-hook and handle and readily swung into place again, where it isfastened by the spring-latch. The swinging base rests on the flat upperface of the base B, so that it is always tirmly supported. In pressinglard the cylinder is often iilled several times before the scraps areremoved, and by thus swinging it on the base the cylinder can readily berefilled when heated by the hot lard, as it is not necessary to handlethe cylinder itself in order to swing it into position for filling. Thecylinder may be set in place with its discharge-nib at the front or rearof the press,

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as maybe desired. The construction is simple and inexpensive, while atthe saine time the machine is very convenient and efficient.

I claim as my invention l. The combination of the screw and pistoncarrying head, the flat base, the side posts connecting said head andbase and therewith forming the frame, the piston and screw mounted insaid head, the swinging cylinderbase hinged to said frame eccentricalbTto said flat base for swinging only in one horizontal plane off and onsaid dat base, the under face of the said cylinder-base being xed in oneplane coincident with the top of the said flat base of said frame, andmeans for holding the said swinging base in its concentric positionunder the piston when resting on and supported by the top of said latbase, all cornbined substantially as described,\vhe1eby the pressure ofthe screw and piston is resisted by the said flat base of said frame andthe hinge of the swinging base is relieved from the said screw andpiston pressure.

2. The combination of the frame having a lateral opening for receiving acylinder and a fiat base at the lower part of said opening, the shallowswinging cylinderbase hinged to said frame occentricallyto its base andadapted to swing into and out of the lateral opening with its under facein the plane of the top of the said fiat base of the frame, and aremovable cylinder extending above the said swinging base and havingdevices for seating and holding it in position on the top of the saidswinging base,whereby the said swinging base and cylinder may swingtogether into and out of the lateral opening in said frame and besupported in its concentric position on the Xed base of said frame whenwithin said opening, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the piston and screw supporting head A, the sideposts 8, 8, and the ixed base B, constituting the open frame, with thepiston mounted in said head A in alinement with the said fixed base, theshallow swinging cylinder-base hinged at one edge to one of the saidside posts with its under face resting on the top face of the fixedbase, and fastening devices for securing said swinging base over thefixed base and for engaging the other one of the said side posts,substantially as described.

JAMES A. SMITH. lVitnesses:

J. J. NEENAN, A. H. MIDDLEMAss.

